CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE Will Book, Volume 1

Inventory of the Estate of MARY EVANS, deceased Personal property includes: Five chairs, jug, box, knives and forks, two coffee pots, cup, wash pan, five plates, two bowls, bottle, five plates, two pair scissors, sugar, bowl, six plates, two dishes, tea canister, pair of shears, spice mortar, skillet, frying pan, ladle and snuffers, two tables, two ladies saddles and horn, knife, oven and lid and hooks, brass kettle, pair dog irons, tribbet, flat iron, trammel, sifter, shovel, pair of tongs, pair of dog irons, pewter basin, three pitchers, tray, pail, coffee mill, bookcase, table, bee gums, barrels of corn, tumblers, candlesticks, piggin and spools, peck masher, check reel, half bushel, buckskin, basket, pocketbook, powder gourd, sickle, little wheel, basket and scales, sleigh, sugar tub, chests, counterpane, quilts, blanket, sheets, lot of timber, beds, steads and furniture, pot and hooks, can, cash on hand $5.16; account on Levin Waller $1.50

George Evans, Administrator

Sale of the Estate of MARY EVANS, deceased Buyers were: Wesley Simmons – two chairs $.50

John W. Simmons – shovel $.49

William Evans – piece of brass $.75

Thomas Evans – three chairs $.65; five plates, two saucers and sugar bowl $.70; sifter $.40; clock $5.50

John Evans – two dishes, tea canister $.15; trammel $.88; pair tongs $1.25

Jesse Evans – spice mortar $.41; skillet $.30; frying ladle and snuffers $.60; flat iron $.65; jar $.43; hackle and gallon $.26; basket and scales $.05; chest $2.50; quilt $.16; blanket $2.00; tub and basket $.30; pan $.40; bee gum $.05; yearling $2.16

Polly Evans – pail $.50; cupboard $.40; bee gum $2.50; pot and hooks $2.75

Calvin McBee – barrel of corn $2.75; hackle $2.00

Levi Goins – barrel of corn $3.01; barrel of corn $3.00; remainder of corn $.65

Robert Green – jug $.26; trammel $.87 ½; table $.15

William Green – bee gum $3.00

Andrewson Williams – bee gum $3.05

Eldridge Hopson – shovel $.16; axe $.57

James Hopson – sheet $.38

Samuel Day – box knives and forks $.40; two copper pots and cup $.37; six plates $.63; two ladles, horn and knife $.12; brass kettle $2.99; pewter basin $.60; jar $1.51; two umbrellas $.15; candlestick $.29; bottle $.32; bottle $.40; counterpane $.15; quilt $.30

Nancy Day – pair of dog irons $.51; piggin $.10

Prior Hurst – oven, lid and hooks $.30; little wheel $1.93; table $1.50

Simpson Hurst – wash pan $.37; pair dog irons, tribbet $.50; slay $.53; cow $9.25

William Greer – bee gum $.06

John Keck – 25 bushels of corn, 25 dozen oats $10.01; 25 bushels of corn $4.25

Hezekiah Hopper – 25 bushels of corn and 25 dozen oats $8.35; 25 bushels of corn and 25 dozen oats $10.00

Eldridge Hurst – flat iron $.80; two sheets $1.02 ½

Thompson Hurst – pair of shears $.52; quilt $.50; blanket $.50; two jars $.12 ½

Rodman Herrell – bed $5.35

William Sanders – blanket $1.51; bed $5.00

Russell Breeden – table $.21

James Hurst – five plates, two barrels, bottle $.30; three pitchers $.35; pocketbook $.20; sugar tub $.42

Henley Hurst – tray $.02; powder gourd $.01; cag $.01 ½; rope works $.10; basket $.02

Hiram Hurst – tub and wheel $1.60

Drewry Herrel – three tubs $.10

Henry Evans – lot of lumber $.22

Harmon Hurst – peck masher $.05

Irion L. Hurst – check reel $.10

William Hurst – chest $1.92; basket $.25

Levi Goins, Administrator

Settlement with GEORGE EVANS, Administrator of the Estate of MARY EVANS, deceased Amount returned in the inventory $6.66 Amount of the sales of personal property $91.66 Paid James Evans receipt $6.00 Paid clerk’s fee $3.00 Paid G. R. Ward receipt $.60 Paid Pryor Day receipt $.50 Paid Administrator charges for all his trouble and expenses $7.50 Paid clerk’s fee for making and recording this settlement $2.50

Leaves a balance of $78.22 remaining in the hands of the Administrator, this 19th day of June 1852.

Thomas J. Johnson, Clerk